MISCELLANEOUS FINDS 113 



DepjlRtmbnt of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, 



British Museum, 



London, W.C. 



1st January, 1906. 

 Dear Prof. Conwat, — 



I have now been able to submit your bronze to Mr. Read, 



who is inclined to think it a weight, the design being merely 



ornamental, and not intended for moulding gold leaf. I 



make the weight 574 grains, but neither Mr. Read nor 



myself can recall anything quite similar, though its Roman 



origin is apparent. 



I am. 



Yours very truly, 



Reginald A. Smith. 



Other Objects. 



Sphinx-intaglio; Suetonius, .4 w^f. c. 50, tells us that a seal of this 

 pattern was the first used by Augustus (see Fig. 2). 



Ram seal in iron ring, found in E. wall (see Fig. 3). 



18 counters of fused glass (12 white, 5 black, 1 transparent 

 green) ; cf . p. 92. 



1 counter of stone. 



Miniature horse, with model of ephippion. No other such 

 model seems to be known (p. 91). 



R. S. C. 



